We have been here before. The
catch-phrases are exactly the same - energy crisis, supply
security, environmental impact, fuel poverty, rocketing
prices, resource depletion, the whole grim repertoire, and
nuclear power the 'solution'. Unhappily, a new generation of
politicians, commentators and activists appears to know no
history.

Today's pronouncements and policies resemble
uncannily those we struggled with and suffered from, not merely
years but decades ago. The philosopher George Santayana put it
bluntly: 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to
repeat it'.

Are we condemned? Can we remember, and learn?
Against the odds I continue to hope.